What is Plinken
Plinken is where creativity meets technology. Write, produce, and perform — together, from anywhere.
Plinken is a multimedia collaboration tool. You open it in a browser at app.plinken.com, join a Space with the people you work with, and everyone edits the same project live. There is nothing to install for the core experience.
What you can do
Section titled “What you can do”| Area | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| Grid | A video timeline and an audio timeline side by side. Audio, video, motion, instrument and automation tracks, recording, a MIDI editor and a wave editor. See Grid. |
| Mixer | A full console under the Grid: hardware inputs, tracks, subgroups, FX returns and a master strip with a bus compressor. See Mixer. |
| Video | Import footage, cut it on the timeline, build layered scenes in the video monitor, and render to MP4, HEVC or ProRes. See Video. |
| Create & Flow | AI tools for speech, music, sound effects, images, video and scripts — as simple forms or as node-based pipelines. See Create with AI. |
| On Air | Broadcast a performance to everyone in your Space, with talkback from the control room. See On Air. |
| Pre-production | Story (screenplays), Canvas, Board, Look, Notes and Lyrics, all saved into the Space. See Pre-production. |
| Plinky | The built-in AI assistant. Ask it anything about the project or the app, by text or voice. See Chat & Plinky. |
Two parts: the app and Plinken Run
Section titled “Two parts: the app and Plinken Run”The web app does everything above on its own. Plinken Run is an optional, free native companion for macOS and Windows. Install it when you need what a browser cannot do:
- host native CLAP, VST3 and AU plugins;
- drive your audio interface at one-buffer latency, with every hardware input on its own mixer strip;
- import and render video formats the browser cannot decode or encode, such as ProRes;
- show the composited program on a second display.
The runner never uploads anything itself. Your project stays in Plinken; the runner does the heavy lifting locally. See Plinken Run.
How collaboration works
Section titled “How collaboration works”- A Space is a shared workspace. It holds projects, assets and the people who can enter it.
- Everyone in a Space edits the same project at the same time. Each change reaches every peer, and there is one shared undo history.
- Team is the video call for the Space. Chat carries messages between peers and to Plinky.
- Turn Sync on in the header to follow your peers’ selections and tab changes, or off to work independently.
See Spaces, projects & invites and Collaborate.
Where to go next
Section titled “Where to go next”- Check the requirements — Chrome gives the fullest experience.
- Sign in and choose a nickname.
- Follow your first session to record a take and add a video.
- Compare plans and credits.